COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume X, Issue 2694, 1 February 1876, Page 2

COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

[per tress agency. J Hokitika, Feb. 1. The Alhambra is oil 1 the Bar. She signalled ihat Sir -Julius Vogcl was on board. 3.10 p.m. The Alhambva's signal was misread. Yog-el is not on board having gone to Sydney. His family are on board. Auckland, Feb. 1. Schooner Kenilworth arrived at"W"angaroa, on Sunday. Tlie Captain reports seeing' a brig named Maggie, in the Bay lof Plenty. She was flying signals of distress. The Captain on boarding her found she had been thirty-one days out from Newcastle, and bound for Napier, with coal. Brig was destitute of provisions, and for nine days the crew had been living on three potatoes a day. The Captain of the Kenilworth parted with all the provisions he could spare. The sufferings of the crew were very severe. Wellington, Feb. 1. Arrived — Ship John Milton, from London, 101 days out. No passengers. She brings a full cargo, and two hundred lcegs of gunpowder. During the passage a man fell off thejibboom, but was rescued. Special. Captain Jas. Holt, and F. McCarthy have, by purchase,, become sole proprietors of the Press Telegraph Agency. Births, deaths, and marriages for the Wellington district, recorded up to 3 o'clock to-day, are as follows for month : — Births, 87 ; deaths, 30 j marriages, 26. Of the births, GO took place in the city, and the remainder in the surround ing' suburbs. Prevalent cause of death was diarrhoea amongst children, induced by drinking impure water. DutfEDiN, Jan. 31. ■ The vital statistics for the Dunedin district for January, give births, 161 ; deaths, 44: ; marriages, 35. De Murska gives six Concerts on alternate nights at the Queen's Theatre, commencing on ,7 th Feb. Napier, Jan. 31. Rifle Mateh — Wellington v. Napier. Scores of Napier men-: — G-. Sellars, 91 ; Beggs, 75 ; Chicken, 75 ; Boss, 71 ; W. Sellars, 70 ; Williams, 70 j Renonf, 68 ; Elms, 59 ; Green, 58 ; Murphy, 46. , Auckland, Jan. 31. Saunders reports — Buyers National Bank, 74s ; Bank of New Zealand, old, 342s 6d ; South British, -52s 6d- ; National Insurance, 225. Sellers : Beach, 60s ; Tokatea, 10s 6d ; Tainm, 7s. Christchurch, Jan 31, None of the Canterbury- Infantry Volunteers have qualified to attend the Colonial Prize Firing. A fire occurred at one o'clock this morning, in the block of buildings known as the. Triangle, centre of the City. The Fire Brigade mustered smartly and workod splendidly, but the supply of water was short, .and. the buildings so crowded, ihat five shops were completely destroyed, another gutted, several injured, and nearly tlie whole of Gram's City Hotel ; wasi burnt down. The fire was first observed un the back part of Almao's hatter shop, and owing 1 to the inflammable nature of the goods, they blazed up with great rapidity. _ The City Hqtet , w,as -full of boarders ; some only escaped in their night clothes. Most of the commercial travellers saved their samples. Losses in stock, buildings, etc., , are. difficult to obtain to day, but, the following are near the mark : — City Hotel, buildings damage £2,500 ; Insurances — New Zealand, £800 ; Liverpool, London and Globe £500 ; National, £300 ; stock and furniture, damage , over £200 >] total about £1,700, j of this £300 is in the Victoria, the rest • :is '■ in the South British, National, and „t he., Standard offices. Macfarlane, grocer, stock, £1,400,-' insure- for £600 in -SouthBritish. ;• stock saved, £100/ Woodward, shoemaker, stock, £500 ; insured for £100 in Transatlantic ,;- part of stock saved. " Firth, carver 'and gilder, stock destroyed, ' -£500 ; insured "for £200 in. Transatlantic. A'lm'aop hatter, stock destroyed, -.£I,OOO ; insured for £250, An Standard- ;"£250 iii South' British,; and £200 in Transatlantic. Hossiter, watchmaker, insured ; loss, £200 j Clark, bootmaker, stocky £1000 ; of which was insured, £150 in Standard ; £150 in Victoria!,- buildings valued at £300, insured for £250 in Victoria. t Alphio,i eating house* ' stock and furniture, damage, £120 ; insured for £100 in Standard ; building, .dam-, age, £10 ; insured for £200 in Northern. Shops occupied by -Woodward, .Macfarlane, .Alniao, and Rossiter, are said to be "insured for £1,200, full value, in Liverpool, London and Globe office. • „ , Further particulars of fire — Dransfield's four shops were not insured in Liverpool, London and Globe, but for £800, iu New. Zealand, and £200 in National. • Stuck and fnrniture of City Hotel insured in ■ National for 1 £500j Victoria, £300 ;' South British, £550 • Norwich, £550. These amounts will about cover Ojrarn's loss^ as a great lot

of the things were removed, and stock in cellars, valued at £1000, was not much injured. The amounts to wliicli insurance offices are involved arc as follows :— Now Zealand, £1,600 ; Soutli British, £1,300 ; Standard, £1000; National, £750 ; Victoria, £700 ; Norwich, £GOO ; Liverpool, £000 ; Transatlantic, £500. The origin of the fire yesterday is a mystery. Ahnao says that when ho locked up at 11 o'clock on Saturday night the gas and fires wore all out and everything safe. Nelson, Jan. 31. The Nelson and Wakefield railway was opened for traffic to-day. Formal opening 1 on Saturday, but no public demonstration. Shaplej', agent for the Cable Extension Company, accompanied by Cross, Harbormaster, and Maling, have been taking soundings in various places for landing the Australian cable. ,It is generally understood that the pkee first mentioned will be decided upon. Hokitika, Feb. 1. , 7 . * ■ • ■, Arrived — Alhambra, with • ' ' ENGLISH NEVYS. CABLE MESSAGE. ISbmbay, Jan. 18. Prince of Wales visited .Delhi ;at sham fio'ht, 20,000 men were present. The Rajah of Cashmere's preparations for the reception of the Prince are' on a vast scale. London, Jan.,19. . Secretary Fish has explained to Congress that America only asked the moral support of the powers as to t the American meditation or' intervention in stopping bloodshed in Cuba.' America ' had - never threatened' Spain, arid all ' negotiations had been ' fairly conducted. " ll Galle, Jan. 22. Sumatra arrived from Australia on the 19th. , London, Jan. 20. Cabinet has resolved to give Count Andrassy's note a great support, questions of detail, being reserved for future consideration. .Lord Napier, of Magdala, appointed Governor of Gibraltar. Increase in army estimates announced. . , „, .. . . . Paris, Jan. 20; • Majority of French senatorial; idelegates are conservative in rural districts, and republican in town. , ... In an. Electoral Banquet at Marseilles when Gambetta intended speaking, he was prohibited.. , . . : < Bombay, Jan. 23... The -Prince of Wales had . : a_ most gorgeous reception in Cashme.re... ,The procession presented a splendid ..pageant, the Body Guards, .clad lin chain mail, recalling 1 the , Crusader.,.. period. Places were specially erected to 'witness the fireworks, and the landscape was lighted up for miles around.. . , . London, Jan. 22. Wheat' quiet, 52s to 535. The Australia sailed on the 20th ; the Durham leaves on 24th., „